All things considered, you and I both know that to find decent web sites on the Internet these days you have to be patient and willing to click faster than Anna Nicole downs a chili hot dog. Here’s my view of the Top 4 Oahu destination web sites (with apologies to those sites that are … Read More »
Friday, July 16, 2004
Photos: Mac On A Cruise
Wireless is hot. Wireless hot spots are hot. Wireless on a cruise in the South Pacific? 1,000 miles from electricity? On the Internet? Yes, yes, yes. Here’s my story of a cruise to the South Pacific from Honolulu. Me and my PowerBook stayed wired to the ‘net the whole time. Seven days. First, my significant … Read More »
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Grand Canyon Of The Pacific. Nude Climbers Not Allowed
As the story goes, Sam Clemens (AKA Mark Twain) conned his way to a writing job in Hawaii. What a life, huh? He called Kauai’s Waimea Canyon “The Grand Canyon of the Pacific”. But he never visited Kauai, so the story goes. Maybe Clemens just picked up some post cards somewhere and thought, “Sure, I … Read More »
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Top 10 Lists: An American Fetish Comes To Hawaii
We’re a nation of Top 10s, Ratings, Surveys, and Lists. Why? I don’t know. There’s Letterman’s nightly Top 10 List, now in its second decade. We rank movies based on their gross ticket sales, not number of viewers. TV programs that don’t make the Top 40 get canceled. We always want to know what’s number … Read More »
Thursday, July 8, 2004
Secret Agent Quiz: Who Said This?
If you said James Bond, you got it half right. The “shaken, not stirred” is in reference to Bond’s penchant for dry martinis. Name the famous secret agent who also loves sushi? Buckaroo Banzai, of course. Who else? What you may not know is that Buckaroo Banzai not only loved sushi (do you have a … Read More »
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
A Tera Patrick Smooth Dinner Cruise
I’ve always liked dinner cruises in Hawaii. Despite the fact that we have about 340 pristine sunsets every year, the typical dinner cruise has been long on sites and scenery, typically a bit bumpy on the ride, and short on memorable food. That’s not the case with the Navatek I Dinner Cruise Buffet. It’s not … Read More »
